AMD 790FX or nForce 780a

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Limp Gawd
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Im looking to get an AMD AM2+ slot mobo


I am trying to choose between these two northbridges and i do not know which is better. I believe the nForce is better but im not intelligent when it comes to motherboards....

-Thanks for all the advice in advance.
 
I think it comes down to having dual GPU support is important or not, and if so, do you intend to go dual x-fire or dual SLI? If you're going Nvidia card, then go 780a (or 750a if on budget) for the SLI. If ATI, then 790FX for the xfire.

790FX is a better value & has more options for cheaper budget boards. Other than SLI support, they seem similar in performance. Since i'm using a Nvidia solution, I'd go for SLI option of the 780a, especially since the 9600GT scales well in SLI.

Good luck.
 
Wait a month: They are quite equally matched in terms of performance, with the only differentiation being your taste in dual-GPU (ATI's Crossfire vs. Nvidia's SLI). But there is word that a new cycle of 790FX boards are due out in a month's time that use the new SB750 (Southbridge) that is said to increase overclocking of Phenom's by several hundred MHz's. The first of these is the recently announced Foxconn A79A-S

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Motherboard/Digitallife08/index_A79A-S.htm
 
Man, that's an ugly board...Hopefully the overclocking thing works. My Phenom kinda needs a new home.


 
Thanks for the advice but Im gonna go with a 780a or 750a board since i will be most likely running SLI in the near future.... Thanks.
 
not to mention the 780a does not have the best support. really unless you need SLI the 790FX is a better chipset
 
Not always. If the 790FX board has SB600, it is likely he would run in problems. It's better that he waited for the second generation 790FX board that features SB750 which is tenfold better.
 
I'd concur with Mr. Stryker: unless you are just dead in the water and systemless, wait for the refresh coming in the next few weeks. Hell, the 790GX is looking to be a cheap mixture of 790FX and an improved 780G chipsets. I'll be honest with you, I was fixing to swing back to an Intel-based system, but if AMD can accomplish such things as the 4870 GPU, I'm inclined to wait a bit for the SB750, and the 45nm. die-shrink forecast for the fall.
 
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